No More Color

No More Color
No More Color
Studio album by Coroner
Released	18 September 1989
Recorded	Sky Trak Studio, Berlin, June 1989
Genre	Technical thrash metal; progressive metal; avant-garde metal;
Length	34:22
Label	Noise
Producer	Pete Hinton and Coroner
Coroner chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]

No More Color is Swiss thrash metal band Coroner's third album, released in 1989.

Musical style

No More Color was the album where Coroner started to truly "progress", as the songs are still similar to their older, speedy, European thrash metal but start to feature elements of the avant-garde progressive thrash of their later albums, akin to the band's then-labelmates Watchtower. This album also features very proficient instrumentation and incorporation of elements from genres such as jazz fusion, progressive rock and classical music, which would later be an influence on the evolution and maturity of the experimental side of heavy metal, including acts such as Death.

Reissues

After being out of print for many years, Noise/BMG reissued the album in 2018, remastered with the same track list in a digipack cd case, with additional photographs of the band and memorabilia.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Marquis Marky, except where noted; all music is composed by Tommy T. Baron and Ron Royce

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Die by My Hand"		3:46
2.	"No Need to Be Human"		4:31
3.	"Read My Scars"		4:32
4.	"D.O.A."		4:19
5.	"Mistress of Deception"		5:00
6.	"Tunnel of Pain"		4:30
7.	"Why It Hurts"	Martin Ain	3:47
8.	"Last Entertainment"		4:00
Total length:			34:22

Personnel

All information is taken from the CD liner notes of the 1989 release.^[3]

Coroner

Ron Broder (as Ron Royce) – vocals, bass
Tommy Vetterli (as Tommy T. Baron) – guitars
Marky Edelmann (as Marquis Marky) – drums, spoken word on "Last Entertainment"

Production

Pete Hinton – production
Steve Rispin – engineer, synth effects
Dan Johnson, Scott Burns – mixing at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
Martin Becker – photography
Micha Good – skull and blade logo

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner No More Color review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
^ No More Color (booklet). Coroner. Noise International. 1989

External links

[1] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner No More Color review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-10.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[3] No More Color (booklet). Coroner. Noise International. 1989

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